Anyone else using Konfabulator yet?
Since it's just been bought by yahoo I reckon it'll be getting a fair bit of coverage in the geek-press (not to mention lots of lovely new widgets).
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It's a simple little program which runs xml/javascript widgets on your desktop to do all sorts of simple tasks.
Works on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Some widgets include:
a widget that tracks selected Ebay auctions for you
widgets that read various RSS news feeds
widgets that give you localised weather reports for the next few days
and loads more (there are currently nearly 700 widgets)
widgets can be made yourself (all you need is a bit of JavaScript knowledge) and can be set up to access any rss/xml feeds you can get your hands on.
Example: Since QB uses an ingenious phpBB/rss backend to a run the "news" sections on a lot of the sites he's created, you could theoretically create a widget that connected to these RSS feeds to display the latest news from all these sites (Ghostdance, Violets etc etc) in one little desktop application.
Works on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Some widgets include:
a widget that tracks selected Ebay auctions for you
widgets that read various RSS news feeds
widgets that give you localised weather reports for the next few days
and loads more (there are currently nearly 700 widgets)
widgets can be made yourself (all you need is a bit of JavaScript knowledge) and can be set up to access any rss/xml feeds you can get your hands on.
Example: Since QB uses an ingenious phpBB/rss backend to a run the "news" sections on a lot of the sites he's created, you could theoretically create a widget that connected to these RSS feeds to display the latest news from all these sites (Ghostdance, Violets etc etc) in one little desktop application.
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Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator
Yesterday, Yahoo! acquired Konfabulator, a three-man software team responsible for creating the cult widgets that have been so popular on Apple Macs since 2002, and which are now included in the Mac's operating system. Comment: On the surface, this acquisition seems inconsequential given the tiny size of Konfabulator. Scratch below the surface and you might see the potential that Yahoo! has bought into. The power of widgets is that they provide the freedom to do pretty much whatever you want them to. There is a growing developer community that has built widgets for visualising all aspects of the operating system - such as signal strength and clock - at the same time bringing a diverse range of web-based information directly to the desktop tool bar. Untethering web content from the browser is a powerful advocate for the use of web services, and widgets take this one step further by linking purpose with user experience.
Yahoo! acquires Konfabulator
Yesterday, Yahoo! acquired Konfabulator, a three-man software team responsible for creating the cult widgets that have been so popular on Apple Macs since 2002, and which are now included in the Mac's operating system. Comment: On the surface, this acquisition seems inconsequential given the tiny size of Konfabulator. Scratch below the surface and you might see the potential that Yahoo! has bought into. The power of widgets is that they provide the freedom to do pretty much whatever you want them to. There is a growing developer community that has built widgets for visualising all aspects of the operating system - such as signal strength and clock - at the same time bringing a diverse range of web-based information directly to the desktop tool bar. Untethering web content from the browser is a powerful advocate for the use of web services, and widgets take this one step further by linking purpose with user experience.
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Widgets?,thot that was wee plastic thingy at the bottom of a can of"Guiness"!
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that's the chap, scotty!
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*scribbles down note for next time she posts a pleading "could some of you computer-types please help me..." post*boudicca wrote:*laughs at the geeks*
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soooo.. how do i make one for my darkness site? *bambi eyes*
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lazarus corporation wrote:*scribbles down note for next time she posts a pleading "could some of you computer-types please help me..." post*boudicca wrote:*laughs at the geeks*
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well, that depends on what you would want it to actually do.emilystrange wrote:soooo.. how do i make one for my darkness site? *bambi eyes*
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Fine then! See if I care!lazarus corporation wrote:*scribbles down note for next time she posts a pleading "could some of you computer-types please help me..." post*boudicca wrote:*laughs at the geeks*
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- this is more than geek enough to do for me
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As far as my English goes, a 'widget' is a dwarf used to replace those wooden thingies behind the batter at a game of cricket...
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works for me IZ
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find me new stuff as and when it appears on the net.. b ehandy for teh fanzinelazarus corporation wrote:well, that depends on what you would want it to actually do.emilystrange wrote:soooo.. how do i make one for my darkness site? *bambi eyes*
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there's already something for finding new stuff on the net: clickyemilystrange wrote:find me new stuff as and when it appears on the net.. b ehandy for teh fanzinelazarus corporation wrote:well, that depends on what you would want it to actually do.emilystrange wrote:soooo.. how do i make one for my darkness site? *bambi eyes*
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gah.. like i have time to do that.. i want it delivered with no effort!
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who's effort?
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then check http://del.icio.us/tag/music frequently - all the latest music-related discoveries from the people who use del.icio.usemilystrange wrote:gah.. like i have time to do that.. i want it delivered with no effort!